About the composer:
Heather Hammond studied piano and clarinet at Leeds College of Music. This was followed by a postgraduate teaching course at Bretton Hall College in Wakefield and a Music Technology course at York University.
She was a music specialist in a primary school for a number of years whilst also teaching piano, electronic keyboard and music theory at several adult evening classes. Heather set up 'Soundabout Music Workshops' - popular music activity sessions for children - which ran for a number of years in York.
Heather currently lives in York, dividing her time between teaching and composing. She has a busy private piano teaching practice and teaches piano at Scarcroft Primary School and York Minster School.